bringing us tomorrow. with me are the chief sport reporter at the sun, martin lipton, and the broadcaster, penny smith. first, penny smith. let's take a look at tomorrow's first, let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages starting with the observer leads with the talks between britain and the eu about a post—brexit trade deal. the paper claims that some senior tories and business leaders are angry over the prime minister's readiness to embrace a no—deal brexit. the sunday telegraph also goes with brexit, detailing plans being drawn up by the cabinet for multibillion—pound bail out packaged to bolster industries hardest hit by a no—deal brexit. the independent has a story on its front page claiming the uk bought personal protective equipment from firms accused of slavery, despite warnings from within government. "hours from a no deal" says the sunday mirror, as the paper raises the prospect of potential job cuts and price hikes in the event of a no—deal brexit. the mail on sunday quotes a government source who is blaming the german chancellor angela merkel for what the paper calls the european union's hard line on brexit. britain is ready for no—deal insists the sunday express, with the paper detailing the uk's plans to cope with potential disruption if the uk and eu fail to reach a deal. so let's begin... martin, penny, welcome back both of you, thank you once again for joining us. let's start with the mail on sunday. merkel wants britain to crawl across broken glass, the mail on sunday, martin, cleaning the german chancellor for the trade talks of calling. yes, it's fair to say that the nation's split over brexit is echoed and extenuating front pages. we have the front page of the observer to start the last are coming here we have the other side of its the brexiteer arguments. borisjohnson has side of its the brexiteer arguments. boris johnson has personal controller of the no—deal preparations, one source says that angela merkel is determined to make britain crawl across broken glass rather than reach a compromise. you would've thought it might‘ve been in interest of all parties to find a compromise, barely not. we have to ta ke compromise, barely not. we have to take a side face value ensure, and we do. it says here that mrjohnson whitehall intervention is aimed at protecting the vital supply of food and medicines after january protecting the vital supply of food and medicines afterjanuary the 1st. i think he needs to. there is the issue that is also well and good being bullish about this, if after january the 1st there are a serious negative consequences, the blame game begins in earnest, and it's not an easy game to win. some people will just not accept that there is responsibility for governments, others will simile not accept any responsibility for the eu. i suspect that truth most people think it's a plague on all their houses, but this is clearly a briefing from government to try to put the blame fairly and squarely on the shoulders of not only angela merkel but also emmanuel macron and the eu bureaucracy, and it's interesting that the game is being played in the last crucial hours before the deadline that's been set by both sides. penny, boris johnson taking control of no—deal planning, says uk insider. how does that make you feel? well, do you know what, i was just in the intervening period, i had a quick flick through some of the stories that were going out in october when they were talking about we absolutely have to have everything done now so that we can ratify everything, and you just think, we have posted to the wire and pushed it to the wire, can i just say that also, you talk about borisjohnson hearing just say that also, you talk about boris johnson hearing angela just say that also, you talk about borisjohnson hearing angela merkel insane, actually commits because she's a clergyman's daughter and she rather disapproves of boris johnson tomato thickets anything of the sort. i think the point is that everybody is also, don't forget from a theirown everybody is also, don't forget from a their own gallery. they are not one entity, they are the germans and the french and the belgians and the italians, and they've all got, they are worried about their prospective experts or the fishing in our waters or whatever, it is all those other sort of things, and actually communicable there is another queen to it, later in this article, it goes on, and it's talking about, you know, maybe they are saying there is one official saying perhaps the reason that they don't want to actually compromise and give us a deal is because they are scared of a nimble low tax, low regulation singapore style economy on their doorstep, which would be more attractive to business. so low tax, i thought we were supposed to, i thought —— where is all this money coming from? i presume it will be taxing when they are talking about businesses and that sort of thing, and then he goes on to suggest how we could help, we could help in the event of a no—deal. we can buy cars made in the uk, eat lamb, holiday in the uk, by japanese made in the uk, eat lamb, holiday in the uk, byjapanese food or noodles, eat mussels and mackerel and sardines and probably can stop eating tuna and cod which is often from elsewhere, each british cheese, eat english —— drink english wine, we can all pull together here. english wine is quite nice though, is due penny? 0h, english wine is quite nice though, is due penny? oh, i'm very happy with the english wine english sparkling wine, even more so. absolutely. let's move on to talk about the sunday express because the headline here is no—deal, we are ready, but are we really ready, martin? well, we will have to be with the way things are going. apparently, the prime minister will leave no stone unturned in seeking a deal, i'm not so sure about that entry. it seems to be that we are heading headfirst, and no doubt about it, towards no—deal, and as i said earlier, it's all an elaborate bluff by both sides. it is difficult, have to be honest, to portray the consequences of no—deal with some great glorious day for us, however, it appears where we are going, ido however, it appears where we are going, i do think there is a feeling amongst the whole country that we just would like this finished, sorted out one way or the other, but swiftly because it's been four years of frustration and angst, and it's not help anybody. detailed plans though sunday express tells us have been drawn up to cope with potential disruption. the scale of disruption is what we don't know. does that meana is what we don't know. does that mean a couple of hours delay at dover, or doesn't mean a couple of days delay at dover? doesn't mean that medicines will get into the country, or doesn't mean that they will just be held country, or doesn't mean that they willjust be held up for a bit? doesn't mean that we will be struggling to fill the shops, does it mean that actually commits com pletely it mean that actually commits completely overblown, it's as much ofa completely overblown, it's as much of a threat as the y2k bug was 20 yea rs of a threat as the y2k bug was 20 years ago. let's hope that everyone has oversold us. penny, what do you think? i think the one thing that everybody has agreed on, and i have been trying to see both sides of this, but it does seem that absolutely, there absolutely will be food price rises and job cuts. that willjust be. notjust for us either, don't forget, that will be other countries as well. which is why it does seem remarkably stupid that, well stupid may be too strong a word, but it does seem narrow cited to not actually do a deal when so cited to not actually do a deal when so many millions of people in all the countries do, you know, they deal with us. they have huge connections with us, so why would they not do a deal? in the sunday mirror, a very different headline to the mail on sunday, martin, hours from a no—deal, the sunday mirror outlining three points here to me you know, fears of huge price rises, fears ofjob cuts, price hikes. the sunday mirror really kind of laying on quite thick in terms of the potential threat from a no—deal. what many will called doom and gloom posturing, i'm sure this isjust what many will called doom and gloom posturing, i'm sure this is just the reality of where we are going, we will discover very soon. i think the mira group it's interesting, because the mirror is owned from the same people who own the mirror own the express , people who own the mirror own the express, and you couldn't get to more divergent newspapers on this issue which has divided the country over the last decade or so, but especially over the last four years, the sunday mirror very strongly saying that this is a damaging dangerous precipice that we are on, others doubt this will blame eu, and i'm sure that will be government position going forward, lord frost has got his last few hours, we have this meeting sunday between the prime minister and that you presidents commissioner, maybe this is going to be the, on the point of no return from other people will realise that, actually, the damage that could be done to all sides by a no—deal is too great for it to happen. and that's having got to the brink, people will realise or take the view that it can't happen and that it suddenly deals are possible, agreements are there, but at the moment, it doesn't look that way, doesn't? it appears that we are going towards something that, let's be honest, the prime minister and michael gove and others said should never happen and shouldn't happen, others have clearly wanted from the outset. they will be delighted. a lot of people in this country who think this is a great day that this will be true independence, what they voted for, and they did vote for it from a 52% of the people who voted in 2016 voted to leave the eu, for many of those, probably the vast majority leaving the eu actually does mean leaving all the institutions to be entirely independent, this is what they want, this is what they're going to get, and if they don't get it, a lot of them will be very upset and very angry at the government for backsliding into a deal that they simply don't want to accept. 0k, let's move on to the telegraph and go to the story about the health secretary, i wanted to move onto this, because we haven't spoken about it yet this evening, the health secretary —— his hopes of rural tier decoupling, so this basically, the vast majority of rural towns and areas were perhaps hoping to be decoupled from neighbouring covid hotspots come those hopes have now been dashed as matt hancock, according to this article suggested that senior ministers appeared resigned to london entering tier 3. penny, do you think it's fair that the rural areas that have a very low incidence of covid—19 get bundled into the same gi’oups of covid—19 get bundled into the same groups as areas perhaps not even that close by which have high incidences of pope 19. if it weren't so serious, it would remind you of school, doesn't that? you are all going to have to sit here until lunch time, and you won't get a break. the thing is though that they've said categorically, they've said this before in the past, i mean this isn't new, this idea of taking pockets and saying, 0k, idea of taking pockets and saying, ok, you can be in this tier, and you can be in a different tier because the rates are different, but the problem is that they have found that what happens is that if you do that, if you do actually say you are tier 3and if you do actually say you are tier 3 and you are tier 2 is that essentially the tier twos catch up with the tier 3 because we don't just stay in one place, we do move around, andl just stay in one place, we do move around, and i think it's i think we are battling this revolting disease at the moment and trying to do our best, and a think it's devastating for so many businesses has become up to christmas but it looks almost certain that london will go into tier3when certain that london will go into tier 3 when they have that review on wednesday, even though there have been many people saying it'sjust a few places in london, but then if you do that for london, you've only got two options, have new? you can bring down the tier 3 to tier 2 so that london actually stays in that tier or you have to take london up, the problem is all these businesses which have just been holding onto this slim hope that they can make it through to christmas and recoup some of their losses it isjust through to christmas and recoup some of their losses it is just a desperate situation, but you know, thank goodness for the vaccine and also, it does say in there that lincolnshire and north somerset could go down a tier, so good news for them. martin, what do you think? do you think rural areas and covid hotspots should all be bundled together under the same umbrella or not? welcome if i lived in together under the same umbrella or not? welcome ifi lived in a rural area i would be pretty angry —— angry, actually, because if you have angry, actually, because if you have a low incident in your area and particularly if you are in a small village and everyone there is following the rules and socially distancing, they would not feel that they should be you know, paired with a town 15 miles away which is not following the rules. at the same time, ithink following the rules. at the same time, i think it's very difficult. we area time, i think it's very difficult. we are a migratory nation. it's a small country, people move hither thither and beyond out a regular basis, and it's interesting that this piece, the suggestion that london should be split by borough is being dismissed by the cabinet to say that london is one capital, not 32 boroughs. you have to have 1—size—fits—all for london. if you do it for london from you have to do it elsewhere, the problem of courses london is the financial behemoth that drives the whole country commits the biggest economic centre, it's worth so much business is done, so it's worth so much business is done, so much spending is done, and you upset people in london, that's a fit of the population from a virtually of the population from a virtually of england certainly straightaway. i still certainly feel that those in the rural areas will feel quite angry and disappointed and let down commanders hope that this ends soon because we are going for nine months, we probably got another four 01’ months, we probably got another four or five months until there months, we probably got another four orfive months until there is widespread vaccination, that's a long time, and it's miserable at the moment, it's grim. there is a bit of leeway coming, obviously for christmas break, although, that seems an odd thing to do now. if we say that half a country should be going into tier 3 from wednesday and yet a week later, everyone gets sprung into basically no rules, that's concerning and odd isn't it, really? martin and penny, i think both of you very much for taking the time to speak with us. it's been an absolute pleasure to talk to both this evening, and i want to say thank you to all of you as well for talking to us. to all of you as well for talking to us. that's it for me in the papers. good night